Question & AnswerQ&A (Act No. 3184)
Act No. 3184 is an act amending Section 2126 of Act No. 2711 (Administrative Code) to provide for the maintenance and allowances of professional students from provinces studying in the University of the Philippines or other governmental educational institutions.
Section twenty-one hundred and twenty-six (Section 2126) of Act Numbered 2711, known as the Administrative Code, is amended by Act No. 3184.
Any provincial board has the power to appropriate the necessary amount for one or two permanent allowances for students who are residents of the province.
The allowance shall not exceed forty pesos a month.
One or two students who are residents of the province may receive the allowance.
The provisions apply to students studying in the University of the Philippines or any governmental educational institution.
Students are entitled to reimbursement of actual and necessary traveling and subsistence expenses from their residence to their place of study and vice versa at least once each school year; matriculation and graduation fees, if any; reimbursement of the cost of books required for each course; and free admission and treatment at the Philippine General Hospital in case of illness.
Yes, the reimbursement for traveling and subsistence expenses is at least once each school year.
Yes, matriculation and graduation fees, if any, are covered for reimbursement.
Students are entitled to be admitted into and treated in the Philippine General Hospital free of charge in case of illness.
The Act took effect upon its approval on November 27, 1924.